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No. 682,163. Patented Sept. l0, l90l. C. W. BEALL.

SLEEPING CAR.

(Application filed July 1, 1901.)

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No. 682,|63. Patented Sept. I0, I901.

' C. W. BEALL.

SLEEPING CAR.

(Application filed July 1, 1901.)

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No. 682,|63. Patented Sept. l0, l90l. C. W. BEALL.

SLEEPING GAR.

(Application filed July 1, 1901.) (No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 3.

(No Model.)

(Application filed July 1, 1901.)

C. W. BEALL.

SLEEPING GAR.

Patented Sept. I0, l90l.

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CHARLES WEIR BEALL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SLEEPING-CAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 682,163, dated September10, 1901.

Application filed July 1, 1901. $eria1N0. 655,647. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES WEIR BEALL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the borough of Manhattan, State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Sleeping-Cars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention consists in improvements 'in sleeping-cars whereby thediscomforts of night travel can be reduced to a minimum withoutdiminishing the standard passengercarrying capacity of the car. Byemploying my improvements a sleeping-car can be built within thestandard over all dimensions at present in vogue and provide sleepingaccommodations for as many passengers as the ordinary Pullmansleeping-car, giving each passenger a full section instead of compellingtwo to share a section. The upper berths of a car embodying myimprovements will be found to be at least as comfortable as the lowerberths.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 shows a longitudinal elevation,partly in section, of a car embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section ofthe car, showing the upper floor and berths folded; and Fig. 4: is avertical cross-section of the car, showing the upper floor lowered andupper berths arranged for the night.

The ends of the car-body over the trucks are of the usual dimensions andconstruction. The middle body of the car between the,

trucks is built with a depressed floor which hangs within a few inchesof the rails, as at 1 This arrangement of the middle body of the cargives enough vertical space 2 between the floor and roof of the car fortwo P, Fig. 1.

In order to increase the comfort and attractiveness of the car duringthe day-time,

the upper floor is made in sections, which are hinged at the sides ofthe car and fold up, inclosi-ng the folded upper berths and giving thepassengers the benefit of the full height of the car.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the arrangement of upper and lower sections is clearlyshown. The lower-berth arrangement is the usual one, the sectionalcushioned berths being made up into seats, as at B, Fig. 3. Theupperfloor sections B are each equal in length toa berth-section and inwidth to half the inside breadth of the car, so that when swung downwardinto horizontal position, Fig. 4, the floorsections B meet along themiddle line of the car and form a platform or deck from side to side ofthe car. These floor-sections B are hinged at b and are suspended bychains and counterbalances similar to those now' in use on sleeping-carupper berths. The upper berths A are hinged at a and rest against thefloor-sections'B when the latter are folded up and descend of themselvesinto place when the floor-sections are lowered. The upperberth sectionsare separated by removable partitions E, Fig. 4, which are jointed at 6,so as to fold into proper length for storage in the upper berths. Thefioor-sections B may be provided with any desired fastenings at thepoint C where they meet, and, if required, Ventilator-gratings may beinserted, as at D.

On the lower side of each upper-floor sec tion there is secured a leafG, which is so hinged as to swing down over the back of thelower-berth-seats and there serve as a partition between the lower-berthsections.

Access to the lower andupper decks is afforded by the stairways F and F,which lead down and up from the platform-level of the car. At theupper-deck landing H there are provided sliding doors 0, which lead intothe upper deck and are locked in the day-time after the upper berths andupper-deck sections are closed.

Ventilation is afiorded for each section,

' both upper and lower, the lower-berth ventilators being shown at N,Fig. 1, and the upper-berth ventilators at L.

In Fig. l the first section on the left is shown as fully made up forthe night, the platform 13 in place, and the berth-curtains hung. Thenext section is shownwith the floor B let down and neither berth madeup. The next section shows the arrangement for the day-time, the floor Bswung into place against the side of the car and all the upperberthfurniture concealed.

The upper-berth ventilators L are made large enough to permit the exitof a passenger and are provided with swinging lids and screens, so thatin case of accident the upperdeck passengers will not be distressed forlack of modes of egress. 1

The arrangement of space in the ends of the car is of the usualcharacter.

What I claim, and desire to secure by'Let-- ters Patent, is-

1. 'In a sleeping-car, the combination with upper and lower tiers ofberths, of an upper floor, constructed in sections hinged to swing fromthe sides of the car and to meet when swung down, so as to form aplatform from side to side of the car.

2. In a sleeping-car, the COIDblIlllJlOIl-Of lower berths, swingingupper berths, a hinged sectional floorbetween the two, adapted to form aplatform from side to side of the car.

3. In a sleeping-car the combination of a car-body depressed between thetrucks, the portion of the car thus depressed provided with a lower tierof berths, a tier-of upper folding berths, a sectional folding floor between the two tiers of berths, which when lowered forms a floor fromside to side of the car.

4. In a sleeping-car, the combination of lower berths, swinging upperberths, a hinged sectional floor between the upper and lower berths,which when lowered forms a floor from side to side of the car, andpartitions CHARLES \VEIR BEALL.

lVitnesses:

L. HoLLINesWoR'rH WooD, Mosns ELY.

